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This week on our Weekly Disneyland Update we take a look at refurbishments, construction updates, refurbishments, Christmas in September, and more refurbishments. Seriously, there’s a lot of refurbishments going on.

As of Thursday most of the exterior decorations were up at Haunted Mansion Holiday. The Halloween/Christmas themed overlay is scheduled to operate from September 14th 2012 to early January 2013.

Haunted Mansion Holiday lasts 4 months out of the year. What is your favorite; regular mansion, or holiday mansion?

A look at the decorations on the outside of the Haunted Mansion.

This sign was in located in the entrance area of Disneyland this week while the park filmed its yearly holiday commercial.

A few buildings on the west side of Main Street were decorated with holiday decorations while the commercial was being filmed.

Another look at the holiday decorations.

The Jewelry Shop decorated for Christmas. A Disney cast member said all of these decorations should be down by the weekend.

Also on Main Street USA, City Hall is receiving a refurbishment.

Sometimes Disney loves to make merchandise out of random things in the parks. Disney, I demand you to make a shirt with this guy on it.

The firehouse is also being refurbished.

The good thing about visiting Disneyland the week after Labor Day is the insanely low crowds. The bad thing is a lot of major attractions go under the knife for refurbishment. Indiana Jones Adventure is scheduled to reopen on December 12th, 2012.

Storybook Land Canal Boats is also scheduled to reopen on November 15th. Another upcoming closure is scheduled for Space Mountain. The attraction will close September 10 to 13 to complete the transformation into Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy.

Some work is being done along the Rivers of America near the boat dock.

The Mad Tea Party photo op has been removed.

Redd Rocket’s Pizza Port is closed for refurbishment.

Unfortunately the refurbishment will not turn this dining location back into an attraction. But hopefully it will make the food a little better.

Work continues at the Fantasyland Theater. The previous stage decorations used for the Snow White musical and Princes Fantasy Faire have been removed.

Construction continues at the Fantasy Faire.

Another look at Fantasy Faire construction.

Over in DCA, Frankenweenie and Wreck-It Ralph displays have been added to the Disney Animation building.

The right side of the Disney California Adventure entrance has had its construction walls extended. It looks like this side of the entrance will finally be completed.

Work is slowly moving forward at the future site of Earl of Sandwich in Downtown Disney.

Painting has started on the back side of Earl of Sandwich.

That’s it for this week. I promise to have more pictures of tarps and walls next week!

Thank you! Next week’s update will be much more interesting. The halloween decorations are starting to go up around the two theme parks so I’ll have a lot to take pictures of. As for Earl of Sandwich, the original press release said “early summer” then Disney said “late summer.” Early summer has passed and now late summer is here but so far nothing.

Luckily DCA doesn’t have any refurbishments going on right now. So you have that going for you. I should have included this in the update but here’s a link to the refurbishment schedule which we keep up to date: http://touringplans.com/disneyland-resort/closures

Is the The Mad Tea Party photo op gone for ever? That would be so sad as we loved sitting in that tea cup for pictures. And any idea how long the building on Main Street will be covered for refurbishment? Thanks for the update!

I doubt it’s gone forever, it’s probably just getting refurbished. But who knows how long it will take. The Benny the cab on the outside of Roger Rabbit’s Car Toon Spin was removed for refurbishment 3 months ago and it’s still not back.